Gymnasium-skirt.



M. MARKUN.

GYMNASIUM SKIRT.

APPLICATIQN FILED SEPT. 20. I916- Patented May 15, 1917.

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MOLLIE MARKUN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GYMNASIUM-SKIRT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed September 20, 1916. Serial No. 121,128.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MoLLIn MARKUN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gymnasium-Skirts, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to divided skirts which may be converted into bloomers for riding and ymnasium work or games, and has for its 0 ject to provide improved means for gathering the bottoms of the bifurcations around the limbs of the wearer whereby the gathers will not permanently mar the appearance of said bottoms when they are spread out to form the hem portion of the skirt. It is also the aim of this invention to provide a skirt which may be worn on the street as an ordinary skirt and which may be quickly converted into bloomers when the gymnasium is reached, or simply into a divided skirt without gathering in the bottoms of the bifurcations for riding. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skirt made substantially in accordance with this invention, one bifurcation being shown gathered into the form of a bloomer and the other hanging free as when the skirt is worn for riding.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the skirt taken from front to back and showing one of the inside divisions of the skirt in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line I1IIII of Fig. 2.

Fig. view of the bottom of 4 is a detailed broken perspective one of the bifurcations, showing the arrangement of the drawing strings.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line V-V of Fig. 4. drawn to a larger scale, and

Fig. 6 is section on the line VlVI of The skirt 1 has the usual waist band 2, and its bottom portion is divided into two bifurcations 3 each formed from half of the outer portion of the lower part of the skirt and a partition 4 on the inside, said outer portion and partition in each case forming a casing for the limb of the wearer, as will be readily understood from the drawings. The two partitions 4 of the bifurcations are stitched or otherwise secured together at the crotch 5. At the front and rear edges of the partitions where they join onto the outer portions of the skirt there are formed doubled projecting edges 6 which may be fastened together by buttons 7 and buttonholcs 8 or any other suitable kind of separable fasteners when the garment is to be worn as a walking skirt.

As best illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, the bottom of each bifurcation is hemmed at 9 and to the inner face of the inner fold of said hem there is secured a narrow strip or tape 10 by a row of stitching 11 along each edge'of said strip or tape, thus forming a casing for the drawing string 12 the ends of which protrude through openings 13 in the inner fold of the hem. By thus providing a narrow casing for the drawing strings restricted to the inner fold of the hem the bottom of the bifurcation may be gathered as shown in Fig. 1, right hand side, without permanently creasing the outer fold of the hem so as to mar its appearance when the bifurcation is spread out as shown in the left hand side of Fig. 1 for wearing on the street or riding. It will also be observed that as the ends of the drawing strings pro trude from the inside of the hem they are entirely out of sight when the bottoms of the bifurcations are ungathered as well as when they are gathered.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Lothem, of a casing formed by a portion of the ters Patent of the United States is inner fold of the hem and a strip of less 10 1. In a garment, the combination with a width than the hem secured along its edges hem, of a casing formed by a portion of the thereto, and a drawin string in said casing 5 inner fold of the hem and a strip secured for the purpose specified.

along its edges thereto, and a dIELWlIL string In testimony whereof I have signed my in said casing for the purpose speei ed. name to this specification.

In a garment, the combination With :1, MOLLIE MARKUN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, 1L0." 

